I have the honour to speak on behalf of the five Nordic countries, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and my own country, Finland. I would first like to thank President Joan E. Donoghue for the report of the International Court of Justice covering the period from August 2020 to July 2021. I also congr…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Nordic countries — Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and my own country, Finland.
This year marks a grim anniversary. A full decade has passed since the conflict in Syria began. During this decade of fighting, hundreds of thousands have lost their lives or…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the eight Nordic and Baltic countries: Denmark, Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden and my own country, Finland.
The Russian Federation has been violating international law and territorial integrity and sovereignty in Ukraine since 2014. Russi…
I have the honour to introduce a pre-recorded statement by His Excellency Mr. Sauli Niinistö, President of the Republic of Finland, to the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session.
The European Union and its member States reiterate that the presidential elections of May 2018 in Venezuela were neither free, fair nor credible, lacking democratic legitimacy. The European Union and its member States reiterate their full support for the National Assembly, which is a democratic, leg…
I will present two statements — the first, on draft resolution A/74/L.31, on natural disasters and the second, on draft resolution A/74/L.34, the humanitarian omnibus draft resolution.
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union (EU) and its Member States. The candidate countries the…
On behalf of the European Union (EU) and its member States, I have the honour to present the draft resolution entitled “Safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel”, contained in document A/74/L.32.
We are all well aware of the complexity of the current …
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the States members of the European Union. The candidate countries of North Macedonia, Montenegro and the European Free Trade Association
country Norway, member of the European Economic Area, align themselves with this statement.
While we welcome the deletion…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union and its member States.
We are disappointed that a vote has been requested on the thirteenth preambular paragraph. In 2015, the 193 States Members of the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by consensus. The la…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union and its member States.
On Monday, 16 September, the General Assembly already voted in favour of the rollover of agenda item 168, on the responsibility to protect (decision 73/572). That decision was affirmed by the General Committee on Wedn…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union (EU) and its member States.
The European Union supports the rollover of agenda item 168, on the responsibility to protect and the prevention of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity, to the draft agenda of the G…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union (EU) and its member States. The candidate countries of North Macedonia, Montenegro and Albania and the European Free Trade Association countries Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, members of the European Economic Area, as well as the Republi…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union (EU) and its member States.
The European Union thanks Lebanon for presenting resolution 73/344, which we have just adopted, and for the exemplary way in which it conducted the informal consultations. Cultural diversity and intercultural dia…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the European Union (EU). The EU and its member States are very pleased that today the General Assembly will adopt a draft resolution that endorses the agreed recommendations of the work of the ad hoc open-ended working group established under …
I have the honour to speak on behalf of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the Uni…
First of all, I would like to thank you, Madam President, for convening this high-level event to celebrate the International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace, as well as for your dedication to this important topic.
I align myself with the statement to be delivered by the observer of t…
I wish to express my appreciation to Ms. Nadia Murad, Dr. Denis Mukwege and Ms. Inas Miloud for their statements today. I also
want to thank the Secretary-General and Foreign Minister Maas for organizing this important debate.
Violence against innocent people is used as a weapon of war to cause fe…
We welcome this open debate and thank the Dominican Republic for drawing our attention to this topic. We also thank the briefers for their contributions.
The threat of climate change and climate-related disasters posed to international peace and security is real. Climate change affects food and wat…
Finland fully aligns itself with the statement made by the observer of the European Union (see A/73/PV.59).
We commend the President of the General Assembly and the Permanent Missions of Argentina, Italy and Norway for their work in organizing this event, including in involving civil society.
Finl…
